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Among other things, Stanford is not responsible for:

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actions the participant might take while manipulating the accelerometer and associated software,

Engaging in activities described by online Content.

any distress to participant caused by interpretation of individual or aggregated acceleration data displayed through QCN Content.

any actions, inactions, damages, or injuries resulting from third party presentation or reproduction of QCN Content.

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Data Sharing. End users may download, augment, and share electronic or reproduced seismic metadata and/or seismic waveform data collected through the Quake-Catcher Network under the following conditions:

The end user does not buy or sell the seismic meta-data and waveform data.

When possible, the end user will acknowledge/reference the Quake-Catcher Network in any and all reproductions, publications, presentations derived from such waveform data and/or metadata. The citation should be “Cochran, E.S., J.F. Lawrence, C. Christensen, and R. Jakka, The Quake-Catcher Network: Citizen science expanding seismic horizons, Seismological Research Letters, 80, 26-30, 2009.”

Privacy Policy

The qcn.emsc-csem.org Privacy Policy:

Introduction:

Thank you for visiting the Quake-Catcher Network’s Web site, qcn.emsc-csem.org. We know privacy is an important issue for our visitors, and we want you to know that QCN takes privacy seriously. Please take a minute to review our qcn.emsc-csem.org privacy policy, which describes what types and categories of personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information we collect from visitors to qcn.emsc-csem.org, the purposes for which we use this information, and the categories of third parties to whom and under what circumstances we disclose this information. This policy only applies to information we collect through qcn.emsc-csem.org and for qcn.emsc-csem.org through Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC boinc.stanford.edu).

The Collection of Information on qcn.emsc-csem.org:

Non-Participant Viewer:

When visitors access qcn.emsc-csem.org, QCN may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information about them, including, among other things, the links visitors use to arrive at qcn.emsc-csem.org, the domain and host from which visitors access the Internet, the type of Web browser that visitors use, the type of operating system in use, IP addresses, and the number and frequency of visitors who visit various pages of our site.

Participant Viewer:

We only collect personally identifiable information about visitors when they voluntarily submit it to us. For example, we ask for information when a visitor registers for an account or service through qcn.emsc-csem.org. We also ask for a visitor’s name and email address if the visitor wants to submit a question to us via email message or wishes to link to qcn.emsc-csem.org. All visitors who create accounts are asked for country and postal code information.

Visitors who participate in online seismic data acquisition through the distributed computing program, BOINC (http://qcn.emsc-csem.org), may choose to enter their sensor location (longitude and latitude) (i) into an online web form, (ii) automatically based on IPAddress lookup with GeoIP, (iii) via a GoogleMap, or (iv) via an online Google address lookup button. Information from the latter two methods necessarily transfers location information to and from Google.com, but does not transfer any other information associated with the query. If option (iv) is used, the address information is erased after the form is submitted, and no record is stored. Accuracy of The GeoIP lookup transfers an IP address to Maxmind, and receives approximate longitude and latitude information. The visiting participant may choose to share the location an approximate location (with precision up to approximately 0.1 to 1km) or the exact location provided. No assurance is given that the end user provides an exact location. Maps of current sensor, and in some cases, past sensor locations are illustrated in various locations online.

Collection of Information Through BOINC:

Online profile pages are automatically generated at qcn.emsc-csem.org using information collected through BOINC. An online host-details page is created for each participant in qcn.emsc-csem.org/sensor and qcn.emsc-csem.org/continual. The detail

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